ACRO Annual Meeting
The Radiation Oncology Summit
2021 VIRTUAL | February 24 – 27

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Time (ET)	Sessions	Speaker
11:00am	Welcome and Introduction	Sheila Rege, MD, FACRO, President, ACRO
11:30am	Keynote Address – Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic Learn about AMA efforts during the COVID crisis, update on COVID-19 vaccine, and how the pandemic has changed healthcare for the future followed by a Q&A period.	Susan Bailey, MD President, American Medical Association (AMA)
12:30pm	Luther Brady Lecture – Medicines’ Role with Social Justice and Diversity and Inclusion	Panelists: Dwight E. Heron, MD, MBA, FACRO, FACR Radiation Oncology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mack Roach III, MD, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology and Urology University of California, San Francisco Iris Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA)
1:30pm	Break with Exhibitors
2:00pm	Head & Neck Plenary	David Palma, MD, PhD, FRCPC Professor, Western University Clinician Scientist, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Radiation Oncologist, London Health Sciences Centre
3:00pm	Skin Plenary
	TBD	Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH Professor and Vice Chair of Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences UC San Diego School of Medicine
	TBD	William M. Mendenhall, MD Professor University of Florida Radiation Oncology College of Medicine
4:00pm	Break with Exhibitors
4:30pm	Symposium supported by TBD

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Time (ET)	Sessions	Speakers
10:00am	Symposium supported by Novocure
11:00am	Breast #1 Plenary
	Contouring for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer	Shannon MacDonald, MD Associate Professor Harvard Medical School
	Treatment planning considerations in regional nodal irradiation (RNI) and post-mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT)	Atif Jalees Kahn, MD, MS, Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
12:00pm	Tumor Board & Econtouring Plenary
1:00pm	Break with Exhibitors & Abstract Discussions
2:00pm	GU #1 Plenary
	Clinical Implementation of Gene Expression Biomarkers in the Radiation Oncology Clinic	Daniel Spratt, MD Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Michigan Medicine
	Integration MRI in the clinical care of patients with Prostate Cancer	Cynthia Ménard, MD University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM) Québec, Canada
3:00pm	GYN Plenary
	TBD	Ann H. Klopp, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
	Nodal treatment for cervical cancer	Sushil Beriwal, MD, MBA, FASTRO, FABS Hillman Cancer Center at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Break with Exhibitors
4:30pm	Symposium supported by Varian
5:30pm	Abstract Discussion

Friday, February 26, 2021

Time (ET)	Sessions	Speakers
10:00am	Symposium supported by AstraZeneca
11:00am	GU #2 Plenary
	The Evolving Role Of Molecular Imaging In The Diagnosis And Management Of Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer	Ryan Phillips, MD PhD The Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
	Impact of Next Generation Imaging on Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Lessons from PSMA PET	Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, MD
12:00pm	Proton Therapy Plenary
	TBD	Shannon MacDonald, MD Associate Professor Harvard Medical School
	Current Clinical Research in Proton Therapy	J. Isabelle Choi, MD Clinical Director, Director of Research, The New York Proton Center Assistant Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
	TBD	Charles B. Simone, II, MD, FACRO Chief Medical Officer New York Proton Center
	TBD	Steven J. Frank, MD Professor of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1:00pm	Break with Exhibitors & Abstract Discussions
2:00pm	Breast #2 Plenary
	TBD	Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD Professor and Chief of the Clinical Breast Radiotherapy Service, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
	APBI - When and How	Chirag Shah, MD Radiation Oncology Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
3:00pm	Sarcoma Plenary
	Targeted biologics in Soft Tissue Sarcoma (Sarcoma)	Philip Wong, MSc, MD, FRCPC Department of Radiation Oncology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	TBD	Stephanie Terezakis, MD Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Minnesota
4:00pm	Break with Exhibitors
4:30pm	Symposium supported by TBD
5:30pm	Abstract Discussion
6:30pm	Resident Program
	Difficult Cases	TBD
	Job Hunt Panel	TBD
	SBRT Speed Networking	TBD

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Time (ET)	Sessions	Speakers
8:00am	Resident Program
	Employment Contract Negotiation	Professor Levenstein
	Review of ACRO Resident Scholarship Projects & Winners	TBD
12:00pm	Lung Plenary
	Current Evidence & Treatment Approaches for Small Cell Lung Cancer	Kristen Higgins, MD Associate Professor Winship Cancer Institute Emory University Atlanta, GA
		Daniel Gomez , MD, MBA Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology; Chief of Radiation Oncology, Manhattan Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1:00pm	GI Plenary
	Targeting Pancreatic Cancer: Combining Technology with Biology	Albert C. Koong, MD, PhD, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
		Abraham J. Wu, MD Residency Program Director Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2:00pm	Awards Presentation
2:30pm	CNS Plenary (75 min)
	TBD	Amol J. Ghia, MD Associate Professor and Director of Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SSRS) in the Central Nervous System (CNS) Service of the Department of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
	TBD	Iris Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center
4:00pm	Business & Economics	TBD

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